Ask PhD. Rihova, the manager of Strakonice museum, Czech Republic, on
00420-342-23391.
She will tell you more.
Czech muzeums have also the web page where is our adressbook.
www.cz-museums.cz
Excuse, please, my English.
Dana Graclikova
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Datum: 10. března 1999 19:41
Předmět: fez identification help
>We were recently offered two dark red hats resembling the stereotypic fez
>with black tassel on top. The potential donor informs us that these were
>acquired by her late husband when he was a GI during World War II. One hat
>is embroidered with a butah (paisley) pattern in very pale green and
yellow.
>The second hat is decorated only with an inscription: "1945 M.U. [the man's
>initials] Strakonice Czechoslovakia". Are these the simple souvenirs they
>appear to be, or have they some greater significance? Does anyone know why
>a GI might have acquired a fez shaped hat in Czechoslovakia?